Pakistan had no knowledge of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden according to
fomer President.

Questions have been raised about how much Pakistan knew regarding the location of the al-Qaeda leader as the compound he was discovered in was located in a well populated town near a military academy, just 115 km (71 miles) from Islamabad.

Musharraf explained that until late in his term as president Pakistan had relied on American intelligence in the search for bin Laden: “The technical intelligence, the aerial surveillance, was from the United States.

We gradually started learning and developed this capability of technical intelligence, but, still, technical intelligence is more United States capability and less Pakistan."

The United States did not notify the Pakistani government about the operation until after US helicopters had breached their airspace and Musharraf said this would cause problems domestically as Pakistan is sensitive to the issue of foreign troops on its soil.